The Haber-Bosch Process

By Brenden Zimmer

Describing the history and the chemistry behind the Haber-Bosch Process.

Dilemma of the Russian Tsar

By Liam O'Brien

The issues with the rule of the last tsar.

Belgium’s Involvment in WWI

By Spencer Ford

A brief summary and overview of Belgium during WWI

Japan’s role in WWI

By Jacob Skorka

An overview of Japan’s involvement in the war, including why they joined the allies and the impact on Japan’s future.

The Black Hand

By Zach Grover

Sources

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Black Hand.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 16 Sept. 2018, www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Hand-secret-Serbian-society.

Wilde, Robert. “The 'Black Hand' Played a Huge Role in Twentieth Century History.” Thoughtco., Dotdash, www.thoughtco.com/the-black-hand-serbian-terrorists-1222113.

Sarajevo, June 28, 1914, net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/blk-hand.html.

Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points

Sources:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-delivers-fourteen-points-speech

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points

http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/fourteen-points.htm

Joseph Curry - Podcast 1 - The Kaiser

Joseph Curry

The role of the Kaiser in the July Crisis, the war effort, and his life after in the Netherlands

U-Boat Sunk by a Sea Monster

Reuters, Thomas. "Engineers Stumble on WWI German Submarine Sunk by 'Sea Monster.'" CBC Radio-Canada. 19 October, 2016.

Khan, Shehab. "Wreckage of Century Old German U-boat Discovered off Scottish Coast." The Independent. 19 October, 2016.

"WWI U-boat Wreck Discovered off the Galloway Coast." Deutches U-Boot Museum. October, 2016.

Zone Rouge

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The Harlem Hell Fighters

Here we have a video "podcast" about the 369th US Infantry Regiment or, as they are better known, the Harlem Hellfighters.  Enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ttuRNxW6CZjomyXj2DtOOlbPlSltaW5E/view?usp=sharing

The Harlem Hellfighters, from https://www.missedinhistory.com/blogs/missed-in-history-the-harlem-hellfighters.htm

Sources:

History, Simple, director. Harlem Hellfighters (World War 1). YouTube, YouTube, 27 Mar. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A8eWsFXH5g&t=9s.

Trickey, Erick. “One Hundred Years Ago, the Harlem Hellfighters Bravely Led the U.S. Into WWI.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 14 May 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/one-hundred-years-ago-harlem-hellfighters-bravely-led-us-wwi-180968977/.

Mikkelsen, Edward. Boley, Oklahoma (1903- ) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed, 2017, blackpast.org/aah/369th-infantry-regiment-harlem-hellfighters.

Children in World War 1.

The participation of children during the great war. Sources: www.iwm.org.uk/history/10-ways-children-took-part-in-the-first-world-war

Women’s Fashion from late 1890’s through World War One

Women's fashion during World War I

Harem Pants - Downton Abbey example

Women's fashion catelogue during World War I

Sources:

Cunningham, Patricia A.. Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920 : Politics, Health, and Art. Ashland: The Kent State University Press, 2015. Accessed September 30, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central.

Rabinovitch-Fox, Einav. “[Re]Fashioning the New: Women's dress, the oriental style, and the Construction of American Feminist Imagery in the 1910s.” Journal of Women's History 27, (2) (Summer) (2015): 14-36,194, http://aquinas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.aquinas.idm.oclc.org/docview/1689848825?accountid=8340 (accessed September 30, 2018).